Tie fastener



April 29', 1924. 1,492,289

H. W. DUMMERT TIE FASTENER Filed May 9, 1923 JNUEN Tm? HURHL'EMUUMMERT 1y? Hm Patented Apr. 29, 1924.

UNETED S TA TES HORACE WALTER; DUMMERT, O13 CARLETON PLACE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

TIE FASTENER.

Application filed May 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE WALTER DUM- Mnn'r, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the town of Carleton Place, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tie fasteners and the objects of the invention are to provide a simple, effective and adjustable device adapted to engage with a stud to hold a tie securely in position on collars of different widths.

Further objects are the provision of a device of this character that can be readily adjusted to any width of collar without removing the tie.

Still further objects are the provision of an effective and economical device of this character on which the tie can be left tied when not in use and which can be readily slipped on to the stud of the collar without difficulty.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially in the device, an embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in the present specification.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment of my device adapted to suit a collar of comparatively narrow width.

Figure 2 is a similar view of my device adjusted to suit a collar of greater width.

Figure 3 is a vertical section.

Figure 4 is an underside view of the de- VICE.

In the drawings, A is the fastener as a whole comprising a single piece of flexible metal, preferably, as here shown, of wire, bent to form a loop 10, the loose ends of the wire being then bent to form a substantially U- shaped and spring actuated clip member 11 adapted to engage with the stem of a stud or button and having a restricted and spring actuated opening 12 formed by doubling the wire back in looped formation on itself at 13 and then twisting it around to form a base leiwhereby the engaging element is spring actuated and adapted to be slipped into immediate engagement with a collar stud.

15 is a coating or covering for the wire,

1923. Serial N0. 637,838.

preferably, as here shown, of rubber, to prevent the -wire injuring the tie with which it comes in contact.

To adapt my fastener to collars of different widths, it is only necessary to press it together, as shown in Figure 1, or to expand it, as shown in Figure 2.

In operation, instead of the tie being placed around the collar of the wearer and thereby, particularly in double collars, being difficult to arrange for tying through sticking, as is well known, with my fastener the tie can be tied on the fastener, the whole then being slipped on to the collar stud, it being then only necessary to adjust the fastener to the width of the collar to keep the tie well up over the stud by pressing with the finger and thumb or for a high collar pulling it slightly apart.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have invented a simple and effective device whereby, particularly with double collars, the tearing of button holes and the other inconveniences caused by the sticking of the tie between the folds of the collar is entirely obviated, the tie with my device being selfcontained and ready to he slipped on with the fastener.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A tie fastener of the character described comprising a length of flexible wire centrally bent to form a resilient loop and means comprising a double U-shaped member with a restricted top opening adjacent one end of th wire, the loose end being twisted around the base of the U-shaped member to provide spring actuating means for automatically holding the sides of said member in substantially closed position at the top to permit passage therethrough of a collar stud stem and then to retain the stud within said member.

2. A tie fastener of the character described having a tieengaging loop comprising a single piece of flexible wire bent to first form a resilient tie engaging loop and then bent to form a resilient and automatically closing In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my stud engaging loo-p With a restricted openhand in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

ing and then further coiled beneath the lastmentioned loop to form spring actuating HORACE WALTER DUMMERT. means for automatically holding the jaws W'itnesses:

of the restricted opening almost closed, soft FRANK G. LANGTRY,

rubber covering means for the looped Wire. Gno. H. FINDLAY. 

